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Total number of records: 6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
agriculture2
animals2
community life2
culture2
entertainment events2
land use2
nature2
occupations2
transportation2
associations, institutions, etc1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Altarnun4
Cornwall4
England4

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Stephens, Thomas Wesley6
Wright, John T5
Boundy, Thomas Wallis2
Congdon, William2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Gist, Frank1
Rickards, William Thomas Leonard1
Wakelin, Martyn F1

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Book IV: Nature [Altarnun Response Book]

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Altarnun Response Book]

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Altarnun Response Book - 36Co2
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Altarnun Response Book - 36Co2

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wright, John T

1958

[Collector announcement]; Frank Gist, recorded at home in Kilkhampton on the 25 October 1958; talks about farm work on leaving school; the family carriers business; goods transported and for whom; tra...

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Notes [Altarnun Response Book]

Wright, John T

7 Nov 1958 - 10 Nov 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality. ...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

29 March 1963

Thomas Stephens, recorded at home in Altarnun; answers a selection of questions, put by Martyn Wakelin, from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey questionnaire; talks with Stanley Ellis about his first job;...

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